the signing of a landmark bill. >> president obama gets ready to put his seal of approval on the don't ask, don't tell repeal. new developments in the bet -- beating death of a man outside a d.c. nightclub. fox 5 morning news at 6:00 continues right now. >> we take a look at the u.s. capitol dome on this wednesday morning. thank you for waking one fox 5 morning news.

>> i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm sarah simmons in for gurvir dhindsa. tony per kin is here. you didn't wear a jacket like tucker. >> we put the christmas elf back in his place now. >> i was called in because they said get him off the set in that jacket. >> who do you think made that call? >> we love it. all right. let's take a look at what is going on out there. we have a couple of flurries out there. we can show you what we're looking at. just a few flurries here and there. they won't amount to anything. you may see a snowflake or two. that will be nice up to gaithersburg. not all of this is necessarily hitting the ground. alexandria, you have a couple of flurries. even right around the manassas area. so there you go. enjoy it while it is out there. let's get to the graphics and show you the big picture satellite-radar. you can see that across the region, we have some clouds. we do expect some sunshine to break out later on today and certainly by late morning, it will be partly sunny and then during the afternoon, perhaps even mostly sunny during the

afternoon. not bad. current temperatures around the region, 35 degrees in the district. this is a trend that we like. this is the -- what is today? wednesday. the third day of the week and the third day of higher temperatures than the day before so that is good. here is your day planner for today. early clouds, a flurry or two. partial sunshine later on and, in fact, perhaps movely sunny skies later on today. highs around -- mostly sunny skies later on today. highs around 40 degrees. >> 40 will be nice compared to what we've had with the wind and low temperatures. >> not sure what that feels like anymore. let's check in with lauren demarco for us. >> so far, so good today in the way of accidents. we don't have anything reported out there on the roads. just seeing a little bit of volume in our usual stretches as folks head in to work. 66 eastbound starting to slow out of manassas with the heavy volume as everybody heads in. but heading past route 50 fair oaks, things look pretty good.

very nice trip. from nut hi -- from nutley street into the beltway, you are looking good as well. nice trip in maryland crossing the american legion bridge. no problems on the inner or outer loop. beltway looks great from bethesda up to college park. 95 and the bw parkway both running incident-free as is route 50 the john hanson highway. 95 in virginia, northbound, you will find a little bit of volume as you head up from newington and spring field. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. as we check our top stories, president obama signs the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. the president will sign the landmark law in just over three hours repealing the pentagon's ban will let homosexuals seven openly in the military for the first time. when the president signs it today, he will be making good on a campaign pledge. he has called to a basic human right. tough financial times ahead for many local school tricycles including prince george's

county. the superintendent there says 1,000 teacher layoffs are a possibility. superintendent dr. william height says that what is it would take to close an $89 million budget gaffe after other proposed cuts, including other staff layoffs, a pay freeze and eliminating middle school sports. he says he will ask the state and county for more money to try on avoid layoffs. we'll get a better look at the future of education as mayor vince gray is set to name five nominees to education positions. kaya henderson has been serving as interim chancellor since october. a follow-up to the new search procedures on metro which are meant to deter terrorist attacks. random bag checks took place at the college park station in maryland and at the braddock road station in virginia. tsa screeners kept an eye on anyone with luggage, backpacks, briefcases or bags. they stopped every eighth person and did a swab test to detect trace amounts of

explosives. the whole process took under a minute. metro says this idea has been minister work for many years. the death a man outside the dr-9 nightclub in october has been ruled a homicide. but the coroner's report does not indicate he was fatally beaten as initially thought. it also indicated at that time victim may have hay preexisting heart condition. his friends hope the latest report will get the charges reinstated against the five nightclub employees who were recently cleared in the case. >> my reaction was relief in that the vindication of what we've been saying all along. >> the alcoholic beverage regulation administering is allowing the club to remain open for now. one tease neighborhood comes together if -- for a

grosser w ho -- for a grocer who was killed in his store. raj patel was shut and killed by at least two gunman during a robbery attempt on saturday night. >> this is what brooklyn is about. i mean you touch one of us and it affects all of us and we are not going to let this go. >> it says a lot about our community. we are not total strangers. >> police released pictures from the store's surveillance cameras showing the the two suspects. if anybody has any information this case, they are asked to call d.c. police. there is a $25,000 reward. police in maryland on the lookout for two men who shot and killed a 19-year-old near kennedy high school. this happened about 1:30 cled afternoon on hutchinson lane in silver spring. the school was placed on code blue as a precaution. -- this happened about 1:30 yesterday afternoon on hutchinson lane in silver spring. the senate gets ready to

vote on a bill that would help 9-11 responders. wikileaks founder julian assange calling himself the victim of a leak. we have more on this story. coming up. 

its tables are now turned on wikileaks founder julian assange. he says he has been the victim of a leak himself. a british newspaper published details of a swedish police report on the two women accusing assange of rape. assange questioned the timing of the newspaper report saying it was clearly designed to undermine his bail status. he is currently free on bail as he fights extradition to sweden on the sex crime allegations. on capitol hill, the senate is expected to hold a test vote on giving health care to 9-11 first responders. it would give medical benefits to people who got sick after

breathing toxic chemicals while working at ground zero. senate democrats say they have the 60 votes to overcome opposition by republicans. senators barbara boxer and dianne feinstein are calling on the epa to establish a standard for the levels of chromium 6 in drinking water. epa currently tests for total chromium levels but the tests don't show precise amounts of chromium 6 which tests have shown can cause gastrointestinal problems and even cancer. officials will did a final assessment next year and will then decide whether new standards need to be set. the 2010 census crpt is out and we'll tell you how it may affect the 2012 election. flooding and mudslides in the western part of the country have promed a few states of

emergency out there. we'll tell you about the damage when we return.

they are having trouble out west with the heavy rain and it it just continues to causes big problems. this is mesquite, nevada under a state of emergency because of flooding. across the border in northwest arizona, the situation so bad that four homes were washed away. more houses were expected to be lost overnight. while in california, governor arnold schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency in six counties because of flooding and mudslides. in two foothill suburbs of los angeles, more than 200 home have been ordered evacuated. forecasters there expect more rain today. >> they just cannot catch a break out there. we're lucky. we are catching breaks out here i think. >> we are. it has been cold. it has been a colder than average december, for example, but we're in the getting that kind of weather and yes, they do expect more rain. it is the but they don't get this much all at

once. it is just nonstop for right now. that is a problem. let me show you the weather head heinz for us for today and the next few days. and these headlines are changing every day as we tweak the forecast. first of all, as you know, it is officially winter. today will be the first full day of winter. in honor of that, we have a few flurries around this morning. in manassas, you are see something flurries. late-week storm is slowing down. originally, we were talking about christmas eve into christmas. then we dropped that. we said christmas afternoon, christmas night. now we are saying sunday and if it keeps slowing down, it will be february before it gets here t could snow on sunday. we'll show that to you and keep watching it as it develops. current temperatures around the region, 35 in washington. baltimore is at 33. dulles at 33. winchester, 34 degrees. it is cold but these temperatures are warmer than what we had yesterday morning

and remember yesterday morning, it was warmer than what we had monday morning. so a good little trend going on here. satellite-radar composite. we have plenty of clouds this morning. this radar is overplaying it. we are not seeing snow across the region this morning but we do have some flurries here and there as i mentioned in some locations. gaithersburg, out in cumberland, maryland, manassas, virginia. alexandria, you are seeing some flurry activity and a couple of spots off to the east. that is about it. this is really overdoing it. good amount of cloud cover for the mid-atlantic but later on today, we'll see some sunshine moving in here. so the forecast for today looks like this. partly sunny skies, early flurries are possible. indeed, they are out there already. believe it or not, yesterday, we got to 41 degrees. i think we'll get to 41 today. clear skies, a little bit agreesy and low 20s and teens

during the overnight hours tonight. breezy tomorrow. saturday, christmas day, 35 degrees. right now, we think it is dry. sunday, we cloud autopsy and a chance of snow. right-- sunday, we cloud up and a chance of snow. right now, i can tell you a chance of snow. don't know exactly where it will be. let's get an update on traffic. for that, we go to lauren demarco. >> as you travel 95 in virginia headed northbound, effect off and on the brake making the trip through woodbridge and up through newington to the beltway. your trip inbound getting through manassas. you will find volume delays. here we are leaving 50 fair oaks. ebb running at speed but you do seat volume building. things are looking good from nutley street in toward the beltway. in montgomery county, 270, we did have reports of delays leaving frederick. here we are at 118 in germantown for a nice trip. but your headlights heading toward you as inbound traffic heading in toward the split.

no major problems in your direction. on the beltway, we had some reports of police activity near georgia avenue but it is off on the shoulder. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. the 2010 census report is out and it shows the country is still growing. but just not quite as fast as it has if years past. the population now stands at 308,745, 538 people. that is up a little more than 9% from 2000. the sent us also shows fewer people are living in the northeast and midwest and more are living in the south and west. the sent us will affect the 2012 presidential election and the make-up of congress. eight states will gain seats. texas is the big winner here. it will add four house seats. ten states will lose seats. new york and ohio will each lose two. the changes won't affect any congressional seats from our area but the census shows our region is growing. d.c.'s population jumped by more than 5% and stands at more

than # hundred thousand. that is the city's first increase in six decades. maryland's population is 5.7 million people. that is a 9% gain and eight million people live in virginia. that is a 13% increase. the rally continues on wall street but why? we'll find out coming up next in our business beat. we'll leave you with a live look at our nation's capital. and one of the worst christmas songs. i hate this one. we asked our fans to vote on the worst songs. this is grandma got run over by a reindeer. that is the last time i want to hear it. 

another rally on wall

street continuing a four-day streak and an american video game developer taking one. its rivals to work. let's check in with robert gay with our fox business beat this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> a couple days we've been rallying on wall street. what led to yesterday appear rally and what are we looking at today. >> we continue to see m & a activity on these canadian banks. this were a lot healthier during the crisis. td bank buying chrysler financial. dsm from holland buying m martech biosciences. if you buy baby formula, and you have dha in there, that is made by martech. apple talking about selling a million apple tv units. also adobe jumping up on its fourth quarter profit report and it is forecast as well.

>> mentioned the video game. activision is in the news. what are they doing. >> not only did they say the latest call of duty, that series which has been wildly popular, it sold a billion copies worldwide. it is one of the best sellers ever. they are all suing a couple of -- they are suing the company now, electronic arts because of guys that are behind that series, they didn't work on black often ps but the prior ones and they left earlier for tampering with them. -- they didn't work on black ops. the two executives had sued the company for $36 million in royalties they said they were owed and they were fired instead of getting paid that. so you are seeing some moves here behind the scenes here. it will be interesting to see how this settles out because this is when you see the guys

behind such a successful series. >> see how that plays out in real life. what else are you guys working on today? >> he with talked about the rally here, the best levels since the summer of 2008. you've got neil cavuto will be focusing on what could spoil the party as we roll into the new year. santa claus rally look like it is set to continue. light trading volume. we'll take a closer look at some things that may be speed bumps or derail this rally altogether in the new year. thank you so much. the bag search have started on metro. how are riders responding to this new security measure in we'll hear from some of them when we return. and also the president getting ready to plant his signature on and historic bill. we have more on the don't ask, don't tell repeal straight ahead on fox 5 morning news. 

so we have a bit of good news for travelers. both runways at heathrow airport have now opened. but there is still a huge backlog of flights following a major snowstorm that ground the or delayed thousands of flights going through europe. it has had a rippling effect at airports in the united states as well. can you take a look at the video there, what they're dealing w a gaithersburg, maryland man is also trying to rebook at dulles international so he can get to india. >> my father-in-law, he is having a surgery there. he has just been diagnosed with cancer. i really have to get there. >> service at heathrow may not be fully restored until tomorrow. my gosh, those poor people. >> that snow video. >> and people who say they've been in the same clothes for three days, four days, can't get their luggage. >> amazing. >> we are getting off fairly easy at least today. >> we really are and for the

next few days. not until this weekend do we have some dicey -- the possibility of some dicey weather the latter part of the wound the way it is looking right now. even that is unclear, uncertainty at& uncertain at this point. you look at this and it is overplaying it. there are some snow flurries. that is about it. i have no reports of any rain hitting the ground to our east. there are no reports of that. right now, reagan national airport, current conditions, 35 degrees. relative humidity, 54%. the winds are relatively light. they are out of the north at eight miles per hour. they are moderate. your forecast for today, early morning clouds, some flurries

here and there are flying around this morning but our high today, right around 40 degrees. that is still below normal but it is a little bit better. 40 in washington. 30 in chantilly. annapolis, 39 for your high. that is a look at the weather. cooling up in about 15 minutes, today's ang the weather guys question is going to focus on your lips -- coming up in about 15 minutes. >> interesting. we'll see in a few minutes how that pans out. >> it will be okay. >> let's take a look traffic with lauren demarco. >> you need that lip gloss right there. >> don't give it away. >> right now, as you travel roads, 95 and bw parkway in maryland looking pretty good. 95 in virginia, southbound, we do have a wreck. right here past backlick road, we have an accident that blocks the right lane. also off to the left side of the road, everybody stacking up here as you head south of the

beltway on i-95. northbound, delays off and on from woodbridge and from newington up through springfield. 395 slowing as you head from duke street. that is the main lanes there of northbound 95 headed up to seminary road. hov lanes running pretty we had at the center of your screen. no problems on the beltway in virginia. beltway in maryland, we do have some of that usual volume delay as you head from college park around past silver spring. the pace pick up as you head towards connecticut avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. checking our top stories, the governor of virginia against banning gays from serving in the virginia national guard. governor bob mcdonnell says he is opposed to a plan to ban gays in the coast guard. >> the president will hold a

signing ceremony this morning at 9:15. we'll have live coverage of that on air and onloon. with don't ask, don't tell behind them, there is still a lot of action in the final of t congress. >> there is a flurry of last- minute laws being worked on right now. it is still not clear what will get passed before christmas. fox 5's audrey barnes breaks down the ask on the hill. rotor the senate overwhelmingly passed the continuing resolution to fund the government until march. the house now takes up the measure on the start treaty. >> without it, we are, in fact, less safe. >> reporter: senate democrats moved closer to passing that too, picking up what they believe are enough gop supporters for a 2/3 majority. >> i believe the treaty and the nuclear modernization plan make our country safer and more secure. >> reporter: some republicans are sticking to their opposition. >> i think this is a monumental mistake. >> reporter: the nuclear arms agreement cuts the number of deployed nuclear weapons for the u.s. and rush y from 2200 to 1550.

meanwhile, an emotional appeal from a number of first responders urging the senate to pass the 9-11 first responders bill. >> tear down this wall between patriotism and party and pass this bill. >> reporter: the legislation provides treatment and monitoring for those who rushed to ground zero and were exposed to toxic materials in the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks. >> there could be no greater gift to america this holiday season than helping to save the lives of the first vet ans of -- vet veterans of the war -- veterans of the war against terror. >> this has been forced through congress at the end of the year on the basis to solve a problem that we didn't have time to solve. >> reporter: president obama has delayed his vacation and is working to gain support for final passage of the start

treaty. now to a follow-up on the new search procedures on metro. metro says this idea has been in the works for years. random bag check started yesterday at the college park station in maryland and the braddock road station in virginia. tsa koreaners kept an eye on anyone with luggage, backpacks, briefcases or bags. they stopped every eighth person and did a swab test to detect trace amounts of explosives. >> i would say it has been challenges previously in new york and boston and new jersey and i think we are pretty confident it will be the same standards apply here as it does there. >> the whole process took under a minute. a man who posted threats against metro on facebook will remain in jail. he and in federal court in alexandria yesterday. a judge ordered him held without bond. prosecutors say he posted pictures on facebook warning he would put bombs on metro trains and under manhole covers in georgetown. he also threaten a new orleans

woman who alertedded the fbi about his online postings. you will get a holiday treat just a few days early. >> we'll take a look at what is hitting the box office today. no need to wait for the weekend. kevin mccarthy joins us next. my name is stuff ann jackson in africa. wanted to wish my brother, steven jackson in frederick a happy holidays and hope you lose in fantasy football.

welcome back. here air few presents you can open before christmas. most of the big movies are opening today instead of friday. joining us now is kevin mccarthy with 106.7 the fan. >> how are you? >> i'm good. great to see you. you are very festive like

tucker. >> i want to be christmasy today. >> you are. >> after he got some big movies that you are talking about j we have a horrible movie. they have a great movie this week and a so-so movie this week. >> i want to go with the bad first. get it out of the way. >> well, little fockers, awful. i can't even begin to describe how bad this film is. this is a waste of time, a waste of talent. i'm a huge fan of meet the parents. i thought meet the fockers was okay. every single joke was forced. what made the original so funny was it was natural, it was awkward, it flowedded. >> you felt so bad for him along the way. we all know what you are going through. this time, they should have felt bad for me for sitting in the theater. it was and person that i -- i wanted to walk out three times. the first 10 minutes, there is not a single joke. only funny line in the entire popovy is said by somebody off

camera, not even by a main character, some point at the end of the movie. i would rather be lined up on fedex field and tackled by every redskins defensive player with no pads on than ever watch this movie ever again. it was so bad. gave to a zero out of five. stay away from this movie. stay away from yogi bear. you want to take your kids to see a good movie, go see tangled. yogi bear and little fockers, zero out of five. >> what is the last time you did that? >> it has been a while. i think this has been a great year for movies. but this is zero. >> let's go with the really good one because now i'm sort of depressed about that. your big favorite right now is true grit. >> this is cohen brothers. i am a massive fan of these guys. go back if you haven't seen blood simple or fargo or

miller's crossing. this is the cohen brothers at their best. they've done others but i love this old-style classic western they are doing here. it is a remake kind of of the 1969 version. highliy highliy-- haley steinfeld plays the main role here and it is her first acting job. jeff brims is a great actor. true grit is action-packed. it is funny at time. the drama is great. but this girl, it is her first movie she has ever been in.

and she is like 13 or 14 years old. can you imagine getting your first part with these guys. she holds the whole movie together. and see i go young girl hollywood a male-driven film together is beyond amazing. >> we have one minute left. wanted to talk about casino jacks. i have abeen looking forward to this one. >> this is about the super lobbyist, jack abramoff. it felt like a moore man's american beauty way political twist to it. -- a poor man's american beauty with a political twist to it. this is a story that just happened a couple of years ago. i didn't understand if the director wanted me to feel sympathy for him or not. it is pretty bad what this guy did. you get some decent performances. i gave to a two and a half out of five. i thought it was a decent film.

but barry pepper also in true get. if they had the award for the most disgusting teeth, he would win them. he is like spiting and his steeght are gross. some other movies, you got to see black swan. -- his teeth are gross. some other movies, you got to see black swan and also the king's speech. >> you did do an interview with jeff bridges. >> they will be on on friday. >> look at you, hanging with all the stars. >> got to roll! >> thank you so much. it was good to see you. >> the good news is that if kevin did get lined up at fedex field, half the guys who miss him. >> i was thinking he wouldn't have much to worry about. that's how you roll, kevin. it is cold out there. we know that.

>> cold but not as cold. >> so it is actually a decent morning. let's show you what is going on. our temperatures are in the 30s and in the mid 30s at that. we've seen it across the region. we were seeing some near manassas and alexandria. now we are seeing some up near gaithersburg north of the district. look like just across the bw parkway if you are heading that way. leesburg, so a few flurries here and there. that is what you want to be aware of. let's go to the graphics. here is your big picture. we have got plenty of cloud cover out there. this one overplays the precipitation a little bit. we got some snow and some lingering showers in new england. i was mentioning temperatures across the region. 35degrees in the district. i got to tell you, that feels

pretty good. 32 in quantico. # 2 in manassas -- 32 in manassas. forecast for today, partly sunny skies. early flurries occurring here and there. no accumulation to worry about. 40degrees for your high today. clear skies tonight, breezy. overnight lows in the mid-20s in town. colder than that in the suburbs. five-day forecast and it is an interesting one. next couple of days, temperatures hovering around that 40-degree mark. upper 30s for thursday, friday, mid 0s -- mid-30s christmas day. sorry about that. i know we were talking about the possibility of a white christmas. look like the snow will be delayed until sunday. that is a look at the weather. time now for ask the weather guys, the segment where tucker barnes and i put our big heads together on answer your most pressing questions for those who are curious. today's question come from

tommy in manassas. he asks what caused chapped lips and why do only some family members suffer from it when everyone is exposed to the same weather and home conditions. >> that is i great -- that is a great question. >> it is a great question. i will answer the first question. we are all different. even though you are experiencing the same conditions, you may have different levels of moisture in your lips than someone else in your family. it just sounds funny. we are all different. >> we all know what you're talking about too. >> he just came up with that. >> but we do have some real answers here. >> if tommy would stop licking his lips, he probably wouldn't have the same issue as his sister. is that part it was. >> you can't lick your lips because it dries them out. >> that is the thing. when your lips are dry, you tend to lick them because --'

right. you tend to lick them and it does make it worse, seriously. >> why? why does it make it worse? ? >> chapped lips can occur when your lips are too dry. this can be the result of certain nutritional deficiencies but more often in the summertime, bright sunshine, hot temperatures and dry conditions. frequently when he with don't have a lot of humidity and you are licking your lips and in the wintertime, it is dry air which we have here a lot and wind in particular. it just -- there is a thin membrane on your lips that, when you lick them, it can kind of take that membrane away and it makes -- >> you have die yftive enzymes in your saliva that break down -- >> there you go. >> you have digestive enzymes in your

saliva that break down. >> you use lip balm with sunscreen, chap stick, not supposed to say the official name or petroleum jelly, vaseline. and can you use a humidifier in your home. >> you are very passionate on this by the way. >> i like people to have nice, moist lips. you know, you don't want anyone suffering. >> there you go. >> it is true. i have friends that they won't leave home without their exap stick or whatever. i never use the stuff. >> it is all about how much you apply. >> tommy, thank you for the question. if have you a question you want answered, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab. we'll try to answer it for you. thank you, tucker. >> let's turn things over to

lauren demarco. >> i do want to mention i saw in cvs, tony, if you are looking for presents, they have little bags of coal. >> stu. steve will enjoy that. >> i'm going to regift to lauren. >> i didn't say anything. we have several accidents actually popping up route now on the road. sky fox live over the scene southbound 95 in virginia. we had a wreck right here south of springfield. it looks like everything has moved over to the shoulder. that is good news but anticipate delays as you leave the beltway heading south on 95 as we get past backlick road. also dealing with accidents in maryland on 270 southbound just before 124. we've got a wreck, two left lanes reportedly blocked there. look at this delay. here we are at 118 germantown and the delay beginning before this. so very slow southbound 270 to get past the wreck before montgomery village avenue. also have an accident reported bw parkway at route 50 and southbound route 5 branch avenue at the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. over to you. >> thank you. flying is costing us more

and more these days as men. you know. airlines are charging for everything from soda to blankets to headphones and apparently no relief in sight for air travelers. new numbers released by the federal government show that baggage fees have skyrocketed now, to $30 a bag in some cases. we collect qifly played $464lio 2007 -- collectively paid $464 million to check our bags in 2007. and this career, we've paid $2.5 billion. >> the numbers blew me away. it adds up but into millions and billions? yes. i think consumers who not want to participate in that kind money-making idea. >> the airlines still say they need more and more of your money. when you add up all those extra fees, airlines made $4.3 billion often the extra fees.

toyota facing the toughest possible fines over the safety recalls. the automaker agreed to pay more than $32 million in penalties. the settlement the maximum allowed stemming from the recall of 11 million cars in the u.s. the fcc narrowly approved internet regulation known as net neutrality. that refers to the principle that your internet service provider must treat all contents the same t can't block a competitor's site and can't charge sites like google or amazon higher rates for premium service. the sfcc will allow internet to charge consumers for a tiered service. people who download a lot of content like web movies could end up paying more. some welcome news for those of you who still have not finished your holiday shopping. scores of web sites are offering big deals and ideas and the promise to get it to you by christmas. guilt.com is promising insider prices and discounts on everything from coffee table books to stuff for kids and men

and accessories for the ladies. many sites can also offer plenty of gift giving ideas too and quick delivery. >> for one thing, it is convenient. you don't have to go to a crowded mall to buy everything. it is all right there. we have a huge selection. the best of the best gentleman we though we can deliver for them. we'll get it there by christmas eve. fedexes that prom -- fedex has promised to ship same day on december 25th. holly is out with the divine dance institute who is helping to brung a brighter season to those who are a little less fortunate. we'll be right back. 

>> reporter: good morning, everybody. i'm holly morris. and we are all about the true spirit of the season this morning as we are live at the

divine dance institute in capitol heights, maryland. and they are getting in early- morning practice for a show they have going on tonight. it's called tote for the holidays. it is providing that as well. because this dance company is going to put on a show where they will transport 69 residents from a local shelter to a school they have rented. when they get there, the residents will get clothes they have collected, a warm meal and then treated to this wonderful performance that's going to help them get into the spirit of the season. we'll find out more about the divine dance institute. it is more than a dance company, a place for kids to come and learn how to dance. they do a lot of community outreach and we'll find out about this this morning as their shirts say it all, i have hope. and hope for the holidays is what it is all about. >> thank you, holly. now to our facebook fan of the day.

it is maria cabico and she just moved here from hawaii. i know it's probably much warmer there and thinking what did i do? well if you want to be tomorrow's fan of the day, you can find us on facebook by searching fox 5 morning news. there is no space between fox and the number 5. and then post a comment under maria's cute photo there. that did it for the 6:00 hour. let's send things over to allison and steve. >> i'm glad she found us from the aloha state. coming up on fox 5 morning news, president obama signs a historic change into place. he's said to sign the "don't ask, don't tell" bill and we'll look at why changes will not start immediately. and the senate is set to vote on the start treating dealing with nuclear arms between the united states and russia. and we're following the latest developments of the beating of a man outside